Plastic bag charge: is there really panic on the streets?

Despite dire warnings, our reporter fails to uncover chaotic scenes on our high streets, and even manages to acquire a few free bags

Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast seemed to manage perfectly well with a 5p bag charge, but Monday's Daily Mail predicts "chaos" because retail staff could struggle with the complex rules.

As Monday marks the start of the charge for plastic bags in England, is there panic on the streets? We got our 5p pieces ready and ventured out to the shops.